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Join Rock Industry’s California Relief Efforts

January 15th, 2025

Twenty-four people are confirmed dead from the fires in California, which burned more than 40k acres and destroyed 12k structures. 92k residents are under evacuation orders, and another 89k are in warning zones.

Chris Shifflet (Foo Fighters), Gary Spivack (Danny Wimmer Presents), Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult), Ken Pittman (CO5 and #HAPPENS), and Alexandra Baker (High Rise PR) are among the names from our corner of the industry on this regularly updated Google doc, which includes links to GoFundMe pages and other ways to help.

Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) and Larry LaLonde (Primus) lost their homes.

“Stephanie and I have had to process what we lost,” wrote producer and Spiritbox bassist Josh Gilbert in an Instagram post. “Our entire neighborhood of Altadena. Our house. Our car. Family photos. All the keepsakes we’ve accumulated together since we got married in 2013. 18 years of my tour laminates. Our clothes. Our furniture. Pretty much anything we hadn’t packed into small suitcases…”

Here are some positive happenings and ways to help:

Photo: James Hetfield visiting with firefighters in Vail, Colorado, 2017, via Metallica.com